facebook Facebook cancels its all-spying, secret "research" program, Apple cancels Facebook's developer account Cory Doctorow

facebook Project Atlas: Facebook has been secretly paying Iphone users to install an all-surveilling "VPN" app Cory Doctorow

art Danish cemetery has a grave dated 1996–2064, for a time traveler Popkin

$80 DIY bird listening device creates painterly collages of avian visitors Rob Beschizza

books Sci-Hub and Libgen descend from a Soviet tradition of smuggled science Ellsworth Toohey

Science An asteroid passed 428 km from Earth and no one saw it coming Ellsworth Toohey

History Man spent 40 years perfecting a lettuce cigarette Ellsworth Toohey

Space Watch comet/alien spacecraft 3I/ATLAS make its closest approach to Earth Gail Sherman

Space 3D atlas of solar system shows all the asteroids too Rob Beschizza

Games Gorgeous maps of classic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Planned "Tropical Americas" land in Disney World places emphasis on authenticity Ruben Bolling

Technology Computer with 800,000 human neurons launches for $35,000 Ellsworth Toohey

travel The woollen creatures of Diamond Jubilee Wood in Northern Ireland Popkin

cemetary Tiny Tombs of New Orleans: a scavenger hunt for history and art Popkin

Space NASA plans to grow mushroom houses on the moon Allan Rose Hill

iceland Humans help baby puffins fly out to sea! Jennifer Sandlin

This armed security camera uses AI to fire paintballs or tear gas at trespassers David Pescovitz

cinema World's smallest movie theater runs on solar power Popkin

the mindless maga mob Nikki Haley got 77,761 votes in Georgia, and she wasn't even on the ballot — "a real problem" for MAGA Carla Sinclair

art The mysterious case of missing art curator Barton Kestle Jennifer Sandlin